Botswana is the ideal home for any business
and investor. The local environment has been created to make it conducive
for investors. These are some of the incentives for the serious investor:
Tax at 15% of taxable income for Manufacturing companies
Resident companies pay tax at 25% of the taxable income and
are obliged to deduct withholding tax at 15% on all dividends
distributed.
Development Approval Order – Zero corporate tax relief
can be available to investors for a period of 5 to 10 years on
application to the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.
No foreign exchange controls in Botswana hence free repatriation
of profits, dividends and capital.
30 months import cover from accumulated foreign reserves.
Double Taxation Agreements with South Africa, United Kingdom,
Sweden, Mauritius, India and Russia.
Business & Investment Links: Bank of Botswana
The establishment of the Central Bank, the Bank of Botswana, was preceded
by negotiations for a monetary agreement with South Africa in 1972...
Botswana Building Society
To provide affordable property finance and attractive investment returns
through efficient utilisation of resources in the spirit of teamwork for
the benefit of our stakeholders...
Botswana
Development Corporation
Botswana Development Corporation Limited (BDC) was established in 1970 to
be the country's main agency for commercial and industrial development...
Botswana Telecommunications
Coperation
The Corporation’s range of communications products and services include
wired and wireless networks, basic voice telephony and voice messaging...
Botswana Television
Online
Botswana TV aspires to produce work to the highest standards of professionalism.
Programmes must be impartial and informative.
The station for the people from the people...
Builders
Merchants Botswana (Pty) Ltd.
Supplies professional tradesmen and DIY/home improvers with every building
material or product needed for every construction or home improvement job...
Debswana Diamond
Company
The Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Ltd is owned in equal shares by the government
of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Centenary AG. Debswana is the world's
leading...
Dewet
Drilling
Is a firm that strives to satisfy the drilling requirements of clients through
state of the art equipment and innovative drilling techniques...
Document Bank Botswana
Storage, management and back up of your important documentation, is what
we are all about. Established in 1992 in response to growing market needs
for efficient, safe and reliable documenting...
Botswana
IFSC
Is a government agency which was incorporated in April 2003. Its role is
to establish and develop Botswana as a world-class hub to facilitate the
delivery of a wide range of cross-border financial services to clients in
other countries.
The
Water Utilities Corporation (WUC)
Is a corporate body wholly owned by the Botswana government. WUC was established
by the Water Utilities Corporation Act of 1970 (Laws of Botswana CAP 74:02)
with a mandate of providing...
Sugar
Industries
The idea of a sugar refinery in Botswana is proposed to the Botswana Development
Corporation (BDC) by Mr D Buchanan.
The
Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority
Is an autonomous private sector led organisation mandated by an act of parliament
(1997) to encourage, promote and facilitate the establishment of export-oriented
enterprises and selected services...
